diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/feed.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/feed.py
index ef80365..7237073 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/news/collection/feed.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/feed.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FeedBuilder(Builder):
                     value = self.truncate_text(model_field, entry[field])
 
                     if field == "published_parsed":
-                        created, aware_datetime = build_publication_date(value, tz)
+                        aware_datetime, created = build_publication_date(value, tz)
                         data[model_field] = aware_datetime if created else None
                     elif field == "summary":
                         summary = self.sanitize_summary(value)
diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/feed/collector/tests.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/feed/collector/tests.py
index cb61242..6834b9c 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/feed/collector/tests.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/tests/feed/collector/tests.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class FeedCollectorTestCase(TestCase):
         self.mocked_parse.return_value = duplicate_mock
         rule = CollectionRuleFactory()
 
-        _, aware_datetime = build_publication_date(
+        aware_datetime, _ = build_publication_date(
             struct_time((2019, 5, 20, 16, 7, 37, 0, 140, 0)), pytz.utc
         )
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class FeedCollectorTestCase(TestCase):
             rule=rule,
         )
 
-        _, aware_datetime = build_publication_date(
+        aware_datetime, _ = build_publication_date(
             struct_time((2019, 5, 20, 12, 19, 19, 0, 140, 0)), pytz.utc
         )
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class FeedCollectorTestCase(TestCase):
             rule=rule,
         )
 
-        _, aware_datetime = build_publication_date(
+        aware_datetime, _ = build_publication_date(
             struct_time((2019, 5, 20, 16, 32, 38, 0, 140, 0)), pytz.utc
         )
 
diff --git a/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py b/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
index 0abc367..83eb708 100644
--- a/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
+++ b/src/newsreader/news/collection/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime, tzinfo
-from time import mktime, struct_time
+from time import struct_time
 from typing import Tuple
 
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ from newsreader.news.collection.response_handler import ResponseHandler
 
 def build_publication_date(dt: struct_time, tz: tzinfo) -> Tuple:
     try:
-        naive_datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(dt))
+        naive_datetime = datetime(*dt[:6])
         published_parsed = timezone.make_aware(naive_datetime, timezone=tz)
-    except TypeError:
-        return False, None
-    return True, published_parsed
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None, False
+    return published_parsed, True
 
 
 def fetch(url: str) -> Response: